ISTQB Certified Tester Advanced Level - Test Manager (CTAL-TM) Free Practice Test
Question 1
System testing on your current project is coming to an end and it is time to write the test completion report.
The product is an in-house development to support the Sales & Marketing department. Test design was based on requirements analysis.
Which of the following metrics is MOST likely to be useful to help the business stakeholders decide if testing has met its objectives?
The product is an in-house development to support the Sales & Marketing department. Test design was based on requirements analysis.
Which of the following metrics is MOST likely to be useful to help the business stakeholders decide if testing has met its objectives?
Correct Answer: C
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Question 2
Club 65 to 90 is a holiday club for retired people run by a small company, the IT department consists of 1 Designer, 3 Developers and 1 System Tester Their booking system has been "live" for a number of years and the company has a loyal client base. A variety of automation tools are used for development and testing to improve effectiveness and efficiency.
A new project will introduce a loyalty scheme and both a Business Requirement Specification and a System Design Specification have been produced A Rapid Application Development (RAD) lifecycle model will be used where time is crucial. In the past there have been problems with updates to the existing system, which has affected existing functionality. Testers have not used representative and realistic operational profiles and data, which has led to significant production problems. The following test policy statements have been proposed for the project:
a. Testing must be risk based;
b. A Master Test Plan, confirming to IEEE829, must be produced for each test project; c. Test procedures must be run by a tester who did not write the procedure; d. Regression testing should be carried out on all releases; e. The testers are accountable for all defects found in production; f. Time must be given to designing test environments so that they are representative of the live environment.
Which of the following options identifies the three policy statements that would be MOST beneficial for this project?
A new project will introduce a loyalty scheme and both a Business Requirement Specification and a System Design Specification have been produced A Rapid Application Development (RAD) lifecycle model will be used where time is crucial. In the past there have been problems with updates to the existing system, which has affected existing functionality. Testers have not used representative and realistic operational profiles and data, which has led to significant production problems. The following test policy statements have been proposed for the project:
a. Testing must be risk based;
b. A Master Test Plan, confirming to IEEE829, must be produced for each test project; c. Test procedures must be run by a tester who did not write the procedure; d. Regression testing should be carried out on all releases; e. The testers are accountable for all defects found in production; f. Time must be given to designing test environments so that they are representative of the live environment.
Which of the following options identifies the three policy statements that would be MOST beneficial for this project?
Correct Answer: A
Question 3
Which of the following Is the common set of information to be produced in a test estimate''
Correct Answer: D
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Question 4
Your company has adopted an Agile methodology. Defect reports are not raised for all bugs found during the testing of individual stories, but continue to be raised in some circumstances, e.g., when the fix cannot be made immediately, or would involve another team. The teams would like better data to use for assessing the quality of their work. The list below shows five items that are currently not captured on defect reports.
Which TWO of these items will be MOST useful for assessing the quality of a product increment?
Which TWO of these items will be MOST useful for assessing the quality of a product increment?
Correct Answer: D,E
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Question 5
Assume that you are working for a company that has maintained and tested a car parking permit system for many years. The system holds the name and address of permit holders and automatically writes to the permit holder with a form to renew or cancel their permit each year.
The test plan states the following:
"since the system is considered a stable system. Boundary Value Analysis is the only test case design technique that needs to be applied during testing" Consider the following change that was detailed in the Requirements Specification for a replacement to an existing parameter held within the system;
* The specified renewal date for each permit must be not be after 31 st January 2020. Which one of the following is a valid test condition that satisfies both the requirement and the test plan?
SELECT ONE OPTION
The test plan states the following:
"since the system is considered a stable system. Boundary Value Analysis is the only test case design technique that needs to be applied during testing" Consider the following change that was detailed in the Requirements Specification for a replacement to an existing parameter held within the system;
* The specified renewal date for each permit must be not be after 31 st January 2020. Which one of the following is a valid test condition that satisfies both the requirement and the test plan?
SELECT ONE OPTION
Correct Answer: B
Question 6
You are the Test Manager on a new project. The schedule is aggressive and will require the team to work at peak efficiency. The requirements are not well defined yet, but it is clear that the project will be using new technologies. To help the developers meet the development schedule, an offshore group will be added to the development team.
At this time there is not enough budget to add more testing resources. The project stakeholders are very concerned about the quality of the delivered product and will be watching the project closely, particularly during the testing cycles. The exit criteria from the system test level require no open high priority/severity defects, 100% pass rate for all test cases covering risks that are classified as "high" or "very high", 95% pass rate for all "medium" risks and 75% pass rate for all "low" and "very low" risks.
Given this information, which of the activities of the standard test process are the most critical for the Test Manager to perform? [3]
At this time there is not enough budget to add more testing resources. The project stakeholders are very concerned about the quality of the delivered product and will be watching the project closely, particularly during the testing cycles. The exit criteria from the system test level require no open high priority/severity defects, 100% pass rate for all test cases covering risks that are classified as "high" or "very high", 95% pass rate for all "medium" risks and 75% pass rate for all "low" and "very low" risks.
Given this information, which of the activities of the standard test process are the most critical for the Test Manager to perform? [3]
Correct Answer: A
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Question 7
Your team has decided that they will build their own test management tool This will allow them to link the requirements and test cases together providing full traceability It will also allow them to create fully customized reporting and color-coded dashboards They have estimated the time required to create the new tool and the cost These fit within the project schedule and budget What other consideration should be taken before this decision is made?
Correct Answer: B
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Question 8
You are looking to Improve the efficiency of testing. The developers have been claiming that the majority of defect reports they receive are invalid either due to the test environment or because the tester did not follow the right steps In a standard defect management process where should you look for more information about these invalid defects?
Correct Answer: D
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Question 9
Which of the following is a generic good practice when evaluating and selecting a test tool?
Correct Answer: B
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Question 10
What is the purpose of process improvement assessment models?
Correct Answer: A
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Question 11
Which three of the following would be considered a good mix of technical and interpersonal skills (hard and soft), for a test team leader?
a. Ability to compliment a developer.
b. Presenting information regarding a test project progress to stakeholders c. Using a configuration management tool.
d. Ability to read a development coding language
e. Assessing a failure and documenting it correctly.
a. Ability to compliment a developer.
b. Presenting information regarding a test project progress to stakeholders c. Using a configuration management tool.
d. Ability to read a development coding language
e. Assessing a failure and documenting it correctly.
Correct Answer: C
Question 12
Which of the following defect statistics will provide input to be used for improvement in the defect reporting process?
Correct Answer: D
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Question 13
Your test team is in the process of completing final regression testing one week before the release date. One of your staff has just uncovered a critical defect that causes data corruption.
What should you do? [2]
What should you do? [2]
Correct Answer: C
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Question 14
A tester has just completed a challenging assignment as the sole tester in an agile development team and is now being reassigned. Which of the following is most likely to DEMOTIVATE this tester?
SELECT ONE OPTION
SELECT ONE OPTION
Correct Answer: C